Neptune in Pisces - February 2012

Neptune went into Pisces on February 4, 2012 and will stay there for approximately fourteen years. This is significant because Neptune is the ruler of Pisces, and a planet moving into its own sign amplifies the energy associated with it. Neptune and Pisces both connect to spirituality, the divine, the surrender of ego, going with the flow and being in the moment.

Neptune has been in the sign of Aquarius since 1998, so we have been working on surrendering to something or connecting to the greater whole (Neptune stuff) by first seeking to individuate, then bringing our authentic self-expression back to our groups and associations (Aquarian things). This is reflected in the growth of individual spirituality and spiritual groups over the last fourteen years. During this period, you have been invited to seek and be different, in order to come back to the group in a more authentic way.

As Neptune allows us to identify with something more or greater than ourselves we experienced being part of a greater flow of life by following our Neptunian energy. This urge to connect to something greater is through letting go of control and surrendering our ego. This may not be easy due to the ego's fear of losing control and its desire to hold onto things we no longer need. We now have the opportunity to evolve. We are called to let go of our ego, dissolve our rule-based and structured lives, and go with our intuition, inspiration, feelings, dreams and visions and choose to allow ourselves to follow our dreams, visions and creativity. Let go of your image of yourself and have the courage to be who you really are. Listen to your inner voice to help you figure it out. Be inspired to live the life you have always dreamed of. Let go of how you think life is or should be and see the illusion we call life, for what it really is. Realize the idea of separation is just a figment of your ego's imagination and that we are all connected through a divine consciousness; we are all one. Tap into the truth of yourself, your world, and your reality.

Throughout the next fourteen years, there will be opportunities to ask ourselves, "Is this true?" We are being asked to see the truth of ourselves, of our life, of our world, and to align our day to day activities with the truth of our authentic selves. How do you know if something is truth or illusion? Neptune knowledge is learned through giving up control in the moment, and letting life and answers flow. These answers come from the heart, our feelings and our intuition. Meditation, spending time in nature, engaging with animals, getting lost in music, or getting involved with creative pursuits (write, draw, paint, dance), allows us to get in touch with our Neptunian self to be inspired, and find our truth. We now need to get information from ourselves as conscious beings, not from our egoic selves. Allowing information to flow from other sources (the divine), aligns us with our authentic self, our higher self, our multi-dimensional self. Neptune in Pisces is a call to seek meaning and understand why we are here, and to connect to the divine.

A great Neptune in Pisces exercise is to write out what you are challenged by, and ask what parts of you need to be in control and why. Threat to survival or to an idea of self, is usually what is at stake. Again, ask! "Is my survival really at stake?" "Do I really need that part of my self-image any more?" Keep asking these questions until you have a different sense of knowing; that your intuition has come in strong and clear, and your ego has stepped aside.

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